Convertind distances in program

[mrlo0ol]

Iam just a beginner, and I'm having a problem this program,,,,i did the first part but I didn't know how to do the conversions,,, can anybody help me with that..

---Write a program that inputs a decimal value for miles per hour and converts the value to minutes and seconds per mile.

Sample input, output:

For input 5.5 mph, the output should be 10 minutes and 55 seconds per mile.

[Ganon11]

What you need to know is this:

1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 60 * (60 seconds) = 3600 seconds

mph = Miles per hour = M / H
spm = Seconds per mile = S / M

You'll need to do the mathematical conversions above first, and then figure out how to get minutes/seconds per mile (rather than miles per minute/second).

[RRick]

5.5 mph is closer to 10 minutes 54.545454 seconds per mile.

To get to your answer you need to do a few steps.

• Convert from mph to hpm(hour/mile). You invert your number (i.e. 1/x)
• Convert from hpm to mpm(minute/mile). You multiply by how many minutes are in an hour.
• You'll end up with a number that is a decimal number of minutes. You convert the minute fractional part to seconds, by mutipling the fractional part by how many seconds are in a minute.

Hope this helps,

[RRick]

Sorry, Ganon. It looks like our answers crossed in the posting.